Luther and the Holy Roman Empire : Martin Luther, reformer / Scott Hendrix -- Emergence and consolidation of Protestantism in the Holy Roman Empire to 1600 / Thomas A. Brady -- The radical Reformation / R. Emmet McLaughlin -- Lutheranism in the seventeenth century / Hartmut Lehmann -- The Second Reformation -- Communal Reformation : Zwingli, Luther, and the south of the Holy Roman Empire / Peter Blickle --The Calvinist Reformation in Geneva / Robert M. Kingdon --The theology and liturgy of Reformed Christianity / Mark Greengrass --The second wave of Protestant expansion / Philip Benedict -- Catholic renewal -- Redefining Catholicism : Trent and beyond / Robert Bireley -- New religious orders for men / John Patrick Donnelly -- Female sanctity, 1500-1660 / Gabriella Zarri --Tridentine worship and the cult of saints / Simon Ditchfield -- Resolving confessional conflicts -- Peace without concord : religious toleration in theory and practice / Nicolette Mout -- Imposing church and social discipline / Ute Lotz-Heumann -- Persecutions and martyrdom / Brad Gregory -- The Mediterranean inquisitions of early modern Europe / William Monter -- Religious colloquies and toleration / Olivier Christin -- Western Christianity and Eastern Orthodoxy / Mikhail V. Dmitriev -- Religion, society, and culture -- The Reformation and the visual arts / Lee Palmer Wandel -- Ritual in early modern Christianity / Susan C. Karant-Nunn -- Music and religious change / Alexander J. Fisher -- Demonology, 1500-1660 / Wolfgang Behringer -- Science and religion / Ann Blair -- The new clergies / Luise Schorn-Schütte -- Women and religious change / Merry Wiesner-Hanks -- Christianity and other faiths -- Christianity and Judaism / Miriam Bodiam -- The naturalization of Andean Christianities / Kenneth Mills -- Between Islam and orthodoxy : Protestants and Catholics in south-eastern Europe / István G. Tóth -- Christianity shaped by the Chinese / Nicolas Standaert -- Reception of Hinduism and Buddhism / Ines G. Županov and R. Po-chia Hsia.

This authoritative volume presents the history of Christianity from the eve of the Protestant Reformation to the height of Catholic Reform. In addition to in-depth coverage of the politics and theology of various reform movements in the sixteenth century, this book discusses at length the impact of the permanent schism on Latin Christendom, the Catholic responses to it, and the influence on the development of the Orthodox churches. This comprehensive and comparative overview covers the history of society, politics, theology, liturgy, religious orders, and art in the lands of Latin Christianity. In thirty chapters written by an international team of contributors the volume expands the boundaries of inquiry to the relationship between Christianity and non-Christian religions - Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism - both in Europe and in the non-European world.